Today's Workout: stretching, lower body strengthening
Today was the day I saw my family orthopedist. He diagnosed me with what I sort of knew all along: IT Band Syndrome. He also prescribed me some anti-inflammatories, taught me some stretches, and told me to take about 3 weeks off from running. 3 weeks?!! I know that 3 weeks in the great span of things isn't that long, but right now it seems like forever. And now I'm definitely not going to be able to run my 4 miler on April 29th and this is putting my Brooklyn Half Marathon hopes at risk, too :( This is truly a very sad day. At least I still have my Easter candy to get me through this. Or maybe the rest of this AMAZING egg cake...
My dad always know what will cheer me up.
These are the real eggs I colored with my mom. My fav is the speckled egg.
In happier news, I have been at my parents house on Staten Island for the past few days after I spent Easter here. I am on spring break from school (woohoo!) and decided yesterday that I seriously needed to do some spring cleaning. It was incredibly overdue. I had a ton of clothes here that needed to be sorted through, most of which I honestly hadn't worn in years. I am afflicted with "Well, I may need to wear it someday"-syndrome. But this weekend I was on a mission and instituted the 1 year rule: if I haven't worn it in a year, I will throw it out. I threw out some outfits that I couldn't believe I ever, ever wore out in public. There's some embarrassing things in these bags...
Four bags to donate. There was also one bag (not shown) that just went right in the trash.
Man, I am good.
That's what happens when you put your mind to something. Look at all those clothes. The sad part is that I still have a TON both at my apartment and here at my parents house. Where did I even get all these?!!
After the clothes were sorted, my mom and I moved random clothes from closet to closet to better organize where everyone's stuff is. None of my siblings live at home anymore and each of us has clothes randomly located throughout the house. I probably had some things in every closet in the whole house. Totally unnecessary. So my mom and I successfully remedied the situation.
We also went through my little sisters room and threw away her old furniture. Her furniture has been around probably since before I was born (for reference, I am 23). Some of the drawers didn't even open anymore so it was about time this stuff went. This was no simple task since we had to empty everything and lug the pieces outside for the garbage men to pick up. That stuff was heavy and I immediately counted it as my workout for the day. Who needs to life weights when you can lift furniture instead?
All the trash outside, and yes a photo of Johnny Depp on my sisters old drawers.
In happier news, I have been at my parents house on Staten Island for the past few days after I spent Easter here. I am on spring break from school (woohoo!) and decided yesterday that I seriously needed to do some spring cleaning. It was incredibly overdue. I had a ton of clothes here that needed to be sorted through, most of which I honestly hadn't worn in years. I am afflicted with "Well, I may need to wear it someday"-syndrome. But this weekend I was on a mission and instituted the 1 year rule: if I haven't worn it in a year, I will throw it out. I threw out some outfits that I couldn't believe I ever, ever wore out in public. There's some embarrassing things in these bags...
Man, I am good.
That's what happens when you put your mind to something. Look at all those clothes. The sad part is that I still have a TON both at my apartment and here at my parents house. Where did I even get all these?!!
After the clothes were sorted, my mom and I moved random clothes from closet to closet to better organize where everyone's stuff is. None of my siblings live at home anymore and each of us has clothes randomly located throughout the house. I probably had some things in every closet in the whole house. Totally unnecessary. So my mom and I successfully remedied the situation.
We also went through my little sisters room and threw away her old furniture. Her furniture has been around probably since before I was born (for reference, I am 23). Some of the drawers didn't even open anymore so it was about time this stuff went. This was no simple task since we had to empty everything and lug the pieces outside for the garbage men to pick up. That stuff was heavy and I immediately counted it as my workout for the day. Who needs to life weights when you can lift furniture instead?
Although spring cleaning was alot of work, it felt really good to get rid of all these things. It also helped keep my mind off of not being able to run. I am easily distracted. And gullible. You can probably make me believe anything if you are semi-convincing.
Anyway, when I get back to Brooklyn later today I'll have to start swimming and using the elliptical again. Blah, so boring compared to running. But at least I can do something to get my endorphin-fix. Swimming and elliptical will have to do for now!
What types of running injuries have you had? What helped you get through them?
How's your spring cleaning going?
What types of running injuries have you had? What helped you get through them?
How's your spring cleaning going?
I have a storied history with ITBS (and runner's knees and hip bursitis...I'm just biomechanically unsound haha). What's worked for me is to foam roll like 3 times a day everyday for 2 weeks. You won't see a difference at first but then the consistency pays off. Also, not sure if you take ice baths, but after my last flare up I took an ice bath a day for a week (I called it my "cold as hell week" ;-) ) and it seriously helped! Oh, and the ITB strap will do wonders while it is getting better so you can run a bit. After awhile you won't need it anymore.
ReplyDeleteI hope it gets better soon! I know how frustrating it is to have to miss races and training time due to injury!
Haha I think my body hates me too. I'm always going from one injury to the next! Right now, I've been foam rolling a lot. Just curious... how long did you roll each time? I hope that helps because at the beginning it hurt like hell (and still wort of hurts).
DeleteI've never taken an ice bath... I'm a big baby and was scared of it haha. If it worked for you though, I may have to suck it up and get in that bath.
Thanks for all your advice! Its definitely frustrating to miss races so I hope this thing heals well. Hope you aren't going through any injuries right now!